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Welcome to Mariposa Community Health Center

Helping to maintain the good health and happy lives of Santa Cruz County residents is the primary purpose of the Mariposa Community Health Center. Since our founding in 1980 we have become the largest and most comprehensive provider of medical, dental, disease prevention and health promotion services in SE Arizona. Our locations in Nogales, Rio Rico, Tubac and Patagonia offer a “one stop wellness” model of integrated care that recognizes and responds to the whole person from physical to social to psychological needs. Our services include adult/internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, dentistry, behavioral health and two full-service pharmacies. Our community outreach stems from our Community Health Services Department (formerly Platicamos Salud), which includes an entire building devoted to WIC for Women, Infants and Children. For a family of one or a family of many, Mariposa is here for you. For appointments in Nogales, Patagonia, Rio Rico and Tubac, call (520) 281-1550.

Mariposa Community Health Center is an organization that is committed to maintaining good health and providing the best quality of care for our patients. For the past two years Mariposa employees have worked tirelessly to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic, from screening and testing to mass vaccination clinics. These operations take extensive efforts from many different teams and departments within our organization. Although the process has been challenging amid the COVID crisis, Mariposa has been able to keep all our locations open for our community.

We are an organization built on people, to serve the community of Santa Cruz County. We view this as a duty and a privilege. The pandemic has put strain on our resources, just as it has with every other healthcare organization in the country. If you have experienced any of this strain in any of your interactions with Mariposa, we humbly ask for your patience as we continue to navigate through this crisis. Mariposa is committed to continuous quality assurance and improvement. We welcome your feedback, positive or constructive, and remain committed to providing excellent quality care and customer services to all our patients and their families.

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  • Our Purpose

    We are a patient-centered health care home that ensures access to culturally appropriate, primary care and community-based education regardless of an individual’s ability to pay.  We facilitate access to specialty care and provide services and programs that respond to community/patient needs and encourage individual responsibility for one’s health.

  • Our Values & Guiding Principles

    Our commitment to those we serve includes: * Respect for their time, culture and individual needs * Empathy and compassion for individual life circumstances We demonstrate personal and organizational integrity We demonstrate a high degree of trust We are committed to individual professional development We are concerned for individual safety We are committed to maintaining confidentiality We value mutually beneficial community partnerships We are committed to the use of best practices and proven advancements We respect individual knowledge and contributions

  • Cultural Beliefs

    Honor Self

    I choose to live a balanced, healthy lifestyle and encourage others to do the same.

    People First

    I strive to create an excellent experience for everyone.

    Win Together

    I actively inspire collaboration that achieves employee satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and quality performance.

    Maximize Talent

    I empower staff by recognizing and investing in their potential, performance and contributions.

    Practice Understanding & Empathy

    I value a culture of listening, awareness, trust, and compassion.

    Embrace Feedback

    I am open to feedback that drives positive results.

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Mariposa Community Health Center, Inc. receives Health and Human Services funding, and has Federal Public Health Service deemed status with respect to health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.

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This health center is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).